slo’s FRIDAY 11/14 poll - Uninterrupted Sleep 💤

[MamaMermaid]

About 8 but that isn't always uninterrupted. My son usually sneaks into bed with us and he flops around like a fish.

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

I honestly do not think I sleep more than 2-3 hrs before I wake up . I then flip myself to my other side and most of the time I do fall back asleep.

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Sweet dreams and sleep prayers to all. Uninterrupted sleep is truly a blessing as I have extra learned this last year with health issues. Peaceful good night's rest matter so much. Have a good night, everyone and weekend, too

 

[Meriweather]

My Fitbit tells me I wake up a lot during the night.
I go to the bathroom, look at the clock, hear noises.
I get about 6 hours of sleep
Last night was 3

 

[Dan Murphy]

My Fitbit tells me I wake up a lot during the night.
I go to the bathroom, look at the clock, hear noises.
I get about 6 hours of sleep
Last night was 3

Welcome home, if you are home.

 

[Meriweather]

Yes, we made it home after dealing with problems with 2 planes

 

[MICKIMINI]

I am lucky to get 2 hours. 3 is a luxury. We have a sleep number bed which "tells" me how I slept. It is not always accurate, but close, I often get a 10 or 15 out of a 100. It has gotten worse since early summer when I could at least fall asleep. I get up at 4:30 am as DH gets ready for work and fix coffee, be company before he goes to work.

The severe lack of sleep has increased since both parents are failing rapidly and it is painful to watch. We have been spending many hours getting them groceries, cooking food, picking up prescriptions and mail etc for over a year. It has taken a lot of convincing and many months to even find suitable AL. It is more than 100K a year and rising rapidly. They are paying, but we are wearing out tires, spending a fortune on car insurance and gas and our free time has dwindled since we live 25 miles away. We are getting ready to move them to AL next month, but have to empty the house, prep it for sale, etc. It is a monumental process. With the holidays and cold NH weather, we hope to sell and close on the house before spring. My worst fears were that this would drag on into the winter and here we are. Depending on how my parents adapt to their new living arrangements, it may get better next summer...which is a very long way away.

Interesting related tidbit:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieval-habit-of-biphasic-sleep

For centuries, humans commonly had a two-part sleep schedule, known as
segmented sleep or biphasic sleep. This pattern involved a first sleep after sunset, a waking period for an hour or two, followed by a second sleep until morning. The Industrial Revolution and the invention of artificial light, which allowed people to stay up later, led to this pattern fading and the modern monophasic sleep cycle becoming the norm.

My family has good sleep genes lol. Hunker down and that’s it. We are comatose until the next morning. I hardly ever sleep less than 7 hours a night and barely ever is that interrupted. DH on the other hand is happy when he gets more than 3 or 4 hours at a time. We both match our siblings too.

Farmers also followed this split sleep schedule until electricity became common in rural NH in the 1930's. They would get up and stoke the fire, eat leftovers, read, correspond during quiet time and then go back to sleep. Likely, this was much the same in other rural areas in the US. Ever wonder why farmers had so many kids?

 

[Genie+]

I am lucky to get 2 hours. 3 is a luxury. We have a sleep number bed which "tells" me how I slept. It is not always accurate, but close, I often get a 10 or 15 out of a 100. It has gotten worse since early summer when I could at least fall asleep. I get up at 4:30 am as DH gets ready for work and fix coffee, be company before he goes to work.

The severe lack of sleep has increased since both parents are failing rapidly and it is painful to watch. We have been spending many hours getting them groceries, cooking food, picking up prescriptions and mail etc for over a year. It has taken a lot of convincing and many months to even find suitable AL. It is more than 100K a year and rising rapidly. They are paying, but we are wearing out tires, spending a fortune on car insurance and gas and our free time has dwindled since we live 25 miles away. We are getting ready to move them to AL next month, but have to empty the house, prep it for sale, etc. It is a monumental process. With the holidays and cold NH weather, we hope to sell and close on the house before spring. My worst fears were that this would drag on into the winter and here we are. Depending on how my parents adapt to their new living arrangements, it may get better next summer...which is a very long way away.

Farmers also followed this split sleep schedule until electricity became common in rural NH in the 1930's. They would get up and stoke the fire, eat leftovers, read, correspond during quiet time and then go back to sleep. Likely, this was much the same in other rural areas in the US. Ever wonder why farmers had so many kids?

That is funny about the farmers.

Sorry to hear about the troubles Wishing you the best!

 

[lovin'fl]

Average is bed at 11pm, sleep about 3 hours and wake to pee. Back to sleep about another 3 hours and wake to pee. Sleep a little longer after to wake around 7:30. Sometimes I have to pee 3 or 4 times. Hate those nights.

 

[MICKIMINI]

That is funny about the farmers.

Sorry to hear about the troubles Wishing you the best!

Native of NH and grew up in a farm family! We're just hoping we can help my parents make the transition comfortably. Thank you!

 

[Dan Murphy]

I am lucky to get 2 hours. 3 is a luxury. We have a sleep number bed which "tells" me how I slept. It is not always accurate, but close, I often get a 10 or 15 out of a 100. It has gotten worse since early summer when I could at least fall asleep. I get up at 4:30 am as DH gets ready for work and fix coffee, be company before he goes to work.

The severe lack of sleep has increased since both parents are failing rapidly and it is painful to watch. We have been spending many hours getting them groceries, cooking food, picking up prescriptions and mail etc for over a year. It has taken a lot of convincing and many months to even find suitable AL. It is more than 100K a year and rising rapidly. They are paying, but we are wearing out tires, spending a fortune on car insurance and gas and our free time has dwindled since we live 25 miles away. We are getting ready to move them to AL next month, but have to empty the house, prep it for sale, etc. It is a monumental process. With the holidays and cold NH weather, we hope to sell and close on the house before spring. My worst fears were that this would drag on into the winter and here we are. Depending on how my parents adapt to their new living arrangements, it may get better next summer...which is a very long way away.

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[Kathryn Merteuil]

I can probably count on 4 hours of interrupted sleep.

One of our big issues is that we have a dog. Many nights, the dog will wake us up wanting to go outside.